by Farkel 22 Replies latest jw friends
1984 was a classic satire as well as a warning. Ironically, when Orwell wrote it, the Org wasn't (IMHO) actually anywhere near as Orwellian as it is today.
Telling quote: I mentioned recently to my mom (a devout Witness) how the whole thing seemed awfully "Big Brother" to me, and she actually replied, "Well, honey, don't you think Jehovah is Big Brother"?
Talk about an unintentionally spot-on and chilling reply.
"Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power."
That's going on my FB wall, I'm sure I'll get a few comments from my JW friends about that sounding 'offensive'. Muahahahahahaaaa...
wasblind,
" I'm never wrong about anythi
ng."
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Well lookie here, ain't we puffed up with pride this mornin'
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Maybe you skip the book for now and first concentrate on getting yourself a sense of humor.Farkel
My JW stepdad gave me "1984" as a gift right after he married my mom (I was about 6) because he knew I loved to read and I guess it was one of his childhood books.
He didn't seem to recognize the parallels, although I picked up on many of them when I reread the book at 12 or 13 (when I was 6, it just seemed like a really cool story, haha).
Hey Farkel,
I thought I was being humorous
stop bein' so mean
Great book. Too subtle for a fully assimilated Borg-drone to comprehend, though, IMO.
I read it when i was 15, or so. I got off on the sexy parts when he meet that chick. Hey, i was a severely repressed jw adolescent. I never got any of the wt parallels.
S
ill read it, I watch the movie but fell asleep.
Nineteen Eighty-Four describes totalitarianism in its consummated form--State has religious near-omniscience; thought is known probabilistically; prior to action, prior to behavioral shifts, it is anticipated. Naturally, the Watchtower's quasi-totalitarian doctrines and practices are analogous to the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four; a world that aspires to an unrealizable religious absolute (the state that would exist if various theistic religions had the truths they claim).
:Nineteen Eighty-Four describes totalitarianism in its consummated form--State has religious near-omniscience; thought is known probabilistically; prior to action, prior to behavioral shifts, it is anticipated. Naturally, the Watchtower's quasi-totalitarian doctrines and practices are analogous to the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four; a world that aspires to an unrealizable religious absolute (the state that would exist if various theistic religions had the truths they claim).
Nineteen Eighty-Four describes absolute totalitarianism. The State knows everything, including what you are thinking before you act. The Watchtower acts in a similar manner, so it is a good comparison with the theme of the book. They both deal with unrealizable absolutes as if they were true.
There. I feel better now!
Farkel, Terse CLASS
